Note: All controls in the guide and roadmap refer to the classic control scheme

Step 1 - Career Mode Play Through 1 During this playthrough you should get most of the achievements. There are a total of 16 career mode achievements to obtain, during this play through you should try for 13 of these achievements. Do the following during this playthrough:

Create a character with photo game face.

Sign with Weapons of Destruction after your 3rd fight.

Sign with Liga de Combate after your 5th fight.

Sign with Strikeforce after your 12th win.

Try to win 20 fights in a row without losing.

Step 2 - Career Mode Play Through 2 During this play through you should need the last 3 career related achievements and any other achievements you didn't get during the first playthrough. If you win every fight in a row then you will only need to play 17 matches. Do the following in this playthrough:

Sign with Renegade Fighting League after your 3rd fight.

Sign with United Fighters after your 5th fight.

Sign with Mystic after your 12th fight.

Step 3 - Fight Now Achievements There are 15 fight now achievements altogether. There are three achievements from completing a match with certain people. The first match you need to play is Randy Couture vs. Fedor Emelianenko. The second match you need to play is Ken Shamrock vs. Frank Shamrock. The third and final match you need to play is Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen.

For the achievements for winning a match with a knockout and a technical knockout use Fedor Emelianenko and play on easy. After that there are 3 submission achievements and they are for winning a match with an armbar move, leg submission, and rare-naked choke. If you choose anyone with 99 submission and play on easy it should not be hard at all. Foot Fight and Hands of Stone are for winning a match with only punches or with only kicks. For The Impossible you have to beat Fedor Emelianenko on legend difficulty. The best way to do this is have Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fedor Emelianenko and hope to get a knock out punch. For Blood Transfusion, you have to lose a lot of blood during a match.

Step 4 - Online Achievements There are 18 online achievements relating to the online mode. For Marathon Fight Card you have to complete a fight card with 4 fights. For Ultimate Fan and Learning From The Best you have to watch a replay from the online leaderboard and watch a live broad cast from start to finish. The Online Strikeforce Champion! and Ultimate Online Strikeforce Champion! achievements require you to win a belt in every weight class. You will get the rest of the online achievements by getting XP and unlocking belts. You get 30 XP for winning a match and 10 XP for finishing a match. This will take aVERY long time.

When you start your career and you are creating your character, go to Appearance > Head > Photo Game Face. Use the default head and go through all the steps. When you're done creating your character the achievement will unlock.

When you are done with all three of the ametuer fights you will be asked to sign with Renegade Fighting League or Weapons of Destruction. For this achievement you will have to sign with Weapons of Destruction. After you win your fifth fight you will be the Weapons of Destruction Champion.

When you are done with all three of the amateur fights you will be asked to sign with Renegade Fighting League or Weapons of Destruction. For this achievement you will have to sign with Renegade Fighting League. After you win your fifth fight you will be the Renegade Fighting League Champion.

After you become Renegade Fighting League Champion or Weapons of Destruction Champion, you will be asked to sign with Liga de Combate or United Fighters League. After you sign with either league the achievement will unlock.

After you become Renegade Fighting League Champion or Weapons of Destruction Champion you will be asked to sign with Liga de Combate or United Fighters League. For this achievement you have to sign with Liga de Combate. After you win your 12th fight you will be the Liga de Combate Champion.

After you become Renegade Fighting League Champion or Weapons of Destruction Champion you will be asked to sign with Liga de Combate or United Fighters League. For this achievement you have to sign with United Fighters League. After you win your 12th fight you win be the United Fighters Champion.

After you become Liga de Combate Champion or United Fighters League Champion you will be asked to sign with Strikeforce or Mystic. For this achievement you have to sign with Strikeforce. After you win your 17th fight you will be the Strikeforce Champion.

After you become Liga de Combate Champion or United Fighters League Champion you will be asked to sign with Strikeforce or Mystic. For this achievement you have to sign with Mystic. After you win your 17th fight you will be the Mystic Champion.

You will get many chances during your career to get a rematch fight. If you keep winning, people will eventually ask for rematches against you. Alternatively, if you lose your matches you will sometimes get the opportunity to ask for a rematch. Simply win your rematch fight to obtain the achievement.

After you beat someone they might ask you to a rematch. If you have the opportunity for a rematch take it but lose the match on purpose. Later on you will have another chance at a rematch, this match will then be a rivalry match fight, make sure you win this third match for the achievement.

All together there are 28 special moves, you only need 16 special moves to get the achievement. Below is a list of the 19 special moves that are the easiest to unlock:

(Location/Special Move)

Xtreme Couture/Darce Choke

Xtreme Couture/Major Pass

International Jiu Jitsu/Armbar

International Jiu Jitsu/Catch Punch

International Jiu Jitsu/Submission Chaining

International Jiu Jitsu/Triangle Choke

Miletich Fighting Systems/Dashing Takedwon

Miletich Fighting Systems/Spinning Kick

Miletich Fighting Systems/Takedown Fake

Inferno International Gym/Open Guard Takedown

Inferno International Gym/Gogoplata

Eight Venoms/Flying Knee

Eight Venoms/Spinning Backfist

Eight Venoms/Superman Punch

Eight Venoms/Teep Kick

Ballistic Boxing/Catch Kick

Ballistic Boxing/Overhand Punch

Ballistic Boxing/Guillotine Takedown

Ballistic Boxing/Takedown Counter Stike

The achievement says max out, but by that it means fill up all 16 special move slots. You fill up your special move slots by collecting at least 16 different special moves.

You have to complete certain challenges at different gyms to unlock the special moves. Once you have unlocked the special moves you don't have to do any kind of leveling up or training. Some examples of challenges you may have to do are things like knock out your opponent in 1 minute or don't let your opponent hit you for 30 seconds.

Because you only need 16 out of the 28 available, you can skip any of the ones you are having trouble with.

There are 40 matches total that you have to play during the career mode. It doesn't matter if you win your matches or lose your matches, but I recommend playing the first 20 matches seriously so you can get the Perfectionist achievement which is for winning the first 20 matches without a loss.

Note: This achievement is missable. Also, this game auto saves after every fight. If you lose, quickly turn off your console. When you load the game back up, you should be back at the start of the fight you just left. Do this if you ever lose to make sure you get the 20 consecutive wins.

After you win your first 17 fights, you should have the Mystic Championship or the Strikeforce Championship. After that you will have to defend your title for three consecutive matches, after you have won those last three the achievement will pop.

The first 17 matches should not be hard at all but I had some trouble with the last three. Your opponent will guard his face so you need to keep the pressure on and attack when you find an opening. If your opponent is hitting you hard or constantly getting easy hits on you just move away and let yourself regain stamina. Your stamina is important for staying strong during the fight.

First you need to choose the heavyweight class. Now choose the two fighters Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko. Play and finish the match to earn yourself the achievement. Out of the two fighters, I recommend you choose Fedor Emelianenko because his overall rating is better than Randy Couture's.

First you need to choose the light heavyweight class. Now choose the two fighters Ken Shamrock and Frank Shamrock. Play and finish the match to earn yourself the achievement. Out of these two fighters, I recommend you play as Ken Shamrock because his overall rating is better than Frank Shamrock's.

First you need to choose the welterweight weight class. Now choose the two fighters Shinya Aoki and Joachim Hansen. Finish the match to earn yourself the achievement. Out of the two fighters, I recommend playing as Aoki because his overall is better than Joachim Hansen's.

For a fighter that will definitely help you in this fight, I recommend playing as Fedor Emelianenko. Try to aim for the other guy's head a lot because it can make them weak more easily than other attacks. If you get a good hit it should be a knockout, if it's not a knock out then wait for the other guy to get back up and continue to punch him again. Fedor Emelianenko has a one hit knockout so almost always an open shot to the head will result in a knockout. I recommend you fight against Bobby Lashley, he has a weak stand up which makes him more susceptable to a knock out punch.

For this achievement it's best if you use anyone that has 99 in submissions. For a fighter that will definitely help you in this fight I recommend Ken Shamrock and for a weak opponent to play against choose Bob Sapp. To get someone on the ground move the button to the right, when your opponent is on the ground and you are by his legs, press to get into the leg submission. When in the leg submission keep tapping , however you have to be conscious of your stamina when doing this, if you let it go down to zero your opponent will automatically break the submission.

For this achievement it's best you use anyone that has 99 in submissions. For a fighter that will definitely help you in this fight I recommend playing as Ken Shamrock and again choose Bob Sapp to play against as he is weaker. To get on top of your opponent move the button to left and right constantly. When your you are on top press to get into the armbar submission. Now keep tapping , once again you must be conscious of your stamina, if you let it go down to zero your opponent will automatically break the submission.

For this achievement it's best if you use anyone that has 99 in submissions. For a fighter that will definitely help you in this fight I recommend playing as Ken Shamrock and as before play against Bob Sapp. Firstly you need to sit on top of your opponents back, once on his back press the button to get into the rear-naked choke. Now keep moving the , you want this in a circle until it turns the color blue. You also want the circle to get smaller as you do it, if it gets smaller it means your winning, if it gets bigger then it means you're losing. Once again you have to watch your stamina if you let it get down to zero your opponent will automatically break the submission.

A technical knockout is when you keep hitting your opponent in the head until his meter gets all the way down and he falls on the floor. Once he is on the floor you have to constantly press , , , or to hit your opponent until the match is stopped.

For this I suggest you play as Fedor Emelianenko. He works well in this fight because he has a one hit knockout punch.

Just wait the match out until the last 15 seconds begin to count down. When it's the last 15 seconds go to your opponent and get a good punch in the head to knock him out (to punch the other guy in the head press or ). Since he has a one hit knockout punch you should be fine. If, however, you don't knock him out then go for the TKO while he is on the floor.

This is quite simple and requires you to only press and/or during a match, those are both of the kick buttons. Try use anyone that has at least 90 in stand up and you should be fine. For this fight I recommend you use Fedor Emelianenko because he has very strong kicks.

For this achievement you are only required to press and during the whole match as those are both of the punch buttons. I recommend you play as Fedor Emelianenko in this fight, he works well because he has a one hit punch that will knock the other guy out making this easier and quicker.

Defend against 4 takedown attempts in one fight in Fight Now, Online, or Career Mode

At the last second before the other guy tries to take you down, move the button left. If you time it right you will have defended against his take down and you should be on top of him. Just do that four times in one fight and the achievement is yours.

You can do this with two players, make sure you're player one and make sure player two is hitting you.

Have player two constantly hit you in the head with punches. Do not allow yourself to be TKO'd though (stop when the head health is low), eventually you will be cut badly enough that blood will be pouring out, this is the point where the achievement will pop. Have player 2 choose a weak striking opponent so there is less chance of you being knocked out. Alternatively you can also speed up the achievement by going for a takedown and landing punches at will.

For fighters I recommend I suggest you use using Bobby Lashley and player two uses Randy Couture.

Before you start the match make sure you change the difficulty to Legend in the menu, now choose Emelianenko Fedor vs Emelianenko Fedor. He has a one punch knockout that works even in Legend difficulty which makes him a great fighter to get this done as quickly as possible. Work the head as quickly as you can, don't let the match get to the ground because you will lose very quickly.

If you keep losing the match then just keep rematching until you are successful.

There are a total of five weight divisions and you have to win a online strikeforce championship in each one.

In each weight division it has a meter that says how far away you are from qualifying for a championship match. Your meter goes up 5% for finishing a match and it goes up 10% for winning a match. When you are on a winning streak the 10% you get for winning gets times by your current win streak, a win streak requires at least two wins in a row.

When you qualify you look for a championship match, you will then get paired up with someone who has a championship belt. Whoever wins this match gets to keep the belt. You need at least four wins to qualify for a belt.

You unlock the masters division after you achieve the red belt. You get a star on your belt when you are in the masters division. To go from a red belt to a masters division white belt you need 6000XP. You get 10XP for playing a match and you get 30XP for winning the match.